Толковый словарь английского языка - sacrament
Sacrament
sacrament
noun Etymology: Middle English sacrement, ~, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~um, from Latin, oath of allegiance, obligation, from sacrare to consecrate Date: 13th century 1. a Christian rite (as baptism or the Eucharist) that is believed to have been ordained by Christ and that is held to be a means of divine grace or to be a sign or symbol of a spiritual reality, a religious rite or observance comparable to a Christian ~, 2. capitalized communion 2a, Blessed Sacrament , something likened to a religious ~
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n. 1 a religious ceremony or act of the Christian Churches regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual grace: applied by the Eastern, pre-Reformation Western, and Roman Catholic Churches to the seven rites of baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, penance, extreme unction, ordination, and matrimony, but restricted by most Protestants to baptism and the Eucharist. 2 a thing of mysterious and sacred significance; a sacred influence, symbol, etc. 3 (also Blessed or Holy Sacrament) (prec. by the) a the Eucharist. b the consecrated elements, esp. the bread or Host. 4 an oath or solemn engagement taken. Etymology: ME f. OF sacrement f. L sacramentum solemn oath etc. f. sacrare hallow f. sacer SACRED, used in Christian L as transl. of Gk musterion MYSTERY(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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